The Government has postponed the Christchurch Port Hills land zoning review in the wake of the High Court decision in the "Quake Outcasts'' case.
In a decision released on Monday, Justice Graham Panckhurst ruled that the Government's 50 per cent payout offer for a small group of about 40 residents calling themselves Quake Outcasts and Fowler Developments Ltd, who own vacant land and uninsured properties in red zones was "not made according to the law''.
Earthquake Recovery Minister Gerry Brownlee and Roger Sutton, chief executive of Canterbury Earthquake Recovery Authority (Cera) were ordered to reconsider their buy-out offers after the judicial review.
The Government has said it will appeal against the decision.
Today Mr Brownlee said while the Government had received all the geotechnical information it required in order to announce the results of the long-awaited Port Hills land zoning review and had intended to make the announcement tomorrow, the Government now felt it was unable to.